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Alex Murdaugh goes on trial in 2021 killings of wife, son

Disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh is about to put his fate before a small-town jury

The Independent UK

Kam Pringle, top in-state recruit for 2024, commits to South Carolina Gamecocks

DORCHESTER, S.C. — The South Carolina football program landed a big piece Sunday for its 2024 recruiting class.

Tribune News Service

The Murdaugh trial begins: the family murders that rocked South Carolina

Corruption, money and unsolved deaths form a gothic backdrop to charges that Alex Murdaugh murdered his wife and son

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South Carolina's execution by firing squad: The last reenactment of the Civil War?

Americans have an appetite for reenacting the past, especially the battles of the U.S. Civil War, which took place from 1861 to 1865. Every year, in an effort to relive something of the nation’s bloodiest war, thousands don blue and gray uniforms and gather on fields where the distant echoes…

The Conversation

South Carolina still seeking a way to hold executions

A small group of South Carolina senators are moving to shield large parts of the state's lethal injection process from public scrutiny

The Independent UK

Redistricting litigation updates in five states

Welcome to the Thursday, January 19, Brew.

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Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys ask SC judge to bar testimony about blood spatter at trial

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Attorneys for accused double murderer Alex Murdaugh have asked a South Carolina judge to bar a key prosecution trial witness from discussing blood spatter evidence they describe in a new court motion as merely a flawed “science fair” effort.

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Recapping 2022’s state legislative special sessions

Welcome to the Wednesday, January 18, Brew.

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Trump to Make First 2024 Campaign Appearance in South Carolina

Republican former President Donald Trump on Jan. 28 will make the first public appearance of his 2024 presidential run in the early voting state of South Carolina since announcing his candidacy in November, his campaign announced on Tuesday. Two well-known South Carolina Republicans - US Senator Lindsey Graham, one of…

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Trump to be joined by Graham, McMaster at Jan. 28 SC event

Former President Donald Trump will be joined by two of his highest-profile South Carolina supporters at the first public campaign event of his 2024 White House bid later this month in the early voting state

The Independent UK

How much slower is the SC Southern drawl than other US accents really? This study has an answer

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolinians speak slower in general than most other Americans, a linguistic study shows.

Tribune News Service

Federal three-judge panel rules South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District unconstitutional

On January 6, 2023, a federal three-judge panel ruled that South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District was unconstitutional and enjoined the state from conducting future elections using its district boundaries. The panel’s opinion said, “The Court finds that race was the predominant factor motivating the General Assembly’s adoption of Congressional District…

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Hospitals’ use of volunteer staff runs risk of skirting labor laws, experts say

MOUNT PLEASANT, South Carolina — Most of the 30 volunteers who work at the 130-bed, for-profit East Cooper Medical Center spend their days assisting surgical patients — the scope of their duties extending far beyond those of candy stripers, baby cuddlers, and gift shop clerks.

Tribune News Service

Trump to hold first public 2024 campaign event in SC

Former President Donald Trump is planning to hold the first public campaign event of his 2024 White House bid in the early-voting state of South Carolina

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John Clay: Is there a sense of urgency with Kentucky basketball? Or a sense of entitlement?

You thought Saint Peter’s was rock bottom.

The Independent UK

McMaster launches final term at South Carolina inauguration

Gov. Henry McMaster began a potentially historic final term in South Carolina on Wednesday with his second inauguration ceremony

Zenger

SC Supreme Court Strikes Down Abortion Ban In 3-2 Ruling

On Jan. 5, 2023, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled 3-2 that the state’s abortion ban was unconstitutional.

WEKU

Democrats' new primary calendar isn't quite a done deal, as complications arise

Georgia and New Hampshire have asked for extensions to try and meet the Democratic Party's requirements to move into the early voting window, but it's not clear how they can overcome the hurdles.

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South Carolina Supreme Court rules 3-2 that the state’s abortion ban is unconstitutional

On Jan. 5, 2023, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled 3-2 that the state’s six-week abortion ban, known as the South Carolina Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act, was unconstitutional. Signed in February 2021, the law banned abortion once cardiac activity is detected, usually around six weeks. The bill…

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South Carolina’s 1st District must be redrawn after court rules it discriminates against Black voters

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A portion of South Carolina’s congressional map unconstitutionally discriminates against Black voters and must be redrawn, a three-judge panel ruled Friday.

Reason

South Carolina's Supreme Court Says the State Constitution Protects a Right to Abortion

The court ruled that the state's six-week abortion ban violates the right to privacy.

Reason

South Carolina Supreme Court To Decide the Future of the Death Penalty in the State

On Thursday, the South Carolina Supreme Court began hearing arguments in a case that could see the state's attempt to execute inmates by electrocution or firing squad declared unconstitutional.

Roll Call

Judges order South Carolina to redraw congressional map - Roll Call

A panel of three federal judges in South Carolina ruled Friday the state’s 1st District was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.

Daily Mirror

Missing woman found dead in donation bin behind hotel with body left for months

Lesley Lemoine, 47, from Kershaw County, South Carolina, US, was found in a bin behind the Camden West Inn hotel on New Year's Eve nine months after she was reported missing

Reason

South Carolina S. Ct. Holds: State Constitution Protects Abortion Rights

The case is today's Planned Parenthood South Atlantic v. State; the lead opinion is written by Justice Kaye Hearn and joined by Chief Justice Donald Beatty. Justice John Cannon Few concurs in the judgment, and Justices John Kittredge and George James, Jr. dissent. A few short excerpts, from Justice Hearn's…

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